Monday, July 9, 2018

Water Chemistry and Macroinvertebrates

We visited the stream site downstream from the dam today. We tested the water chemistry of the water, which included the pH, turbidity, or cloudiness, the amount of nitrates, dissolved oxygen, dissolved solids, alkalinity, the amount of phosphates, and the temperature. The results that we obtained from these tests showed us that this section of the stream is healthy.


We also looked at the pollution tolerance index and the different species that could be found in the stream. We found multiple crayfish, caddisfly larvae, isopods, and many other macroinvertebrates. The variety of species also proved that this section of the stream was healthy. As a bonus, we also found a northern water snake!

- Grace

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Emily,

I see you in that pic!

Love the snake!

Unknown said...

Hi Grace!! Looks like you are having a good time. Beautiful weather and so much to do.

Unknown said...

You are very brave to hold a snake!

Unknown said...

We are enjoying all of the pictures! Looks like you have made some amazing discoveries! We miss you, Andrew!

Pastor Mandy said...

Hooray for snakes--though I prefer my invertebrates to be micro, not macro. Have fun, Nathan!